Porch and Door

The porch was added in the 15th century. With its stone benches, it was often used for secular meetings and some minor church services in the Middle Ages. It is typical of a West Riding porch, with its pointed ribbed barrel vault and stone slab roof.

The doors are of solid oak, well studded. They have no lock, but instead have a wooden bar let into the wall, which is pulled across to secure.

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever.” Psalm 100 v4-5

Lord thank you for welcoming me into the peace of your house. Help me to know your presence here.

Transcribers needed

We are starting on an exciting new project to create a Burial Ground Management System with the help of Atlantic Geomatics Ltd. Atlantic Geomatics have already created an accurate plan of our churchyard including all headstones and trees. We have now photographed all our burial registers and uploaded them onto the new system. The next action is to transcribe these burial registers into the system so that details can then be matched up headstones and a search facility created. Further enhancements would then follow.

So....we are now need volunteers to transcribe the burial registers. We already have a number of willing volunteers but can always use more. The work can be done anywhere and by anyone so long as they have access to the internet and the ability to type in details. The photographs of the burial register come up on screen together with the boxes to be completed for transcribing. Even if you are reading this in Australia you can still join in.